Toronto · intersection · signal 1774

Alness & Supertest

Alness St & Supertest Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Alness & Supertest, in York University Heights, was an intersection of typical volume — that was the City's last count here, in 2021. It has a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner.

Traffic
8,494
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 15, 2021
46 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
47
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #2142 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
43/100
city median 48
4 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 260 m

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Alness & Supertest

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 15, 2021

The north leg carries the load — 3,849 southbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 369. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,468 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 56% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (940). Trucks and buses were 5.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north3,849southbound · 1 bikes · 5.5% heavy
From the west369eastbound · 0 bikes · 17.1% heavy
Total vehicles8,49446 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 5.6% heavy
From the east1,141westbound · 0 bikes · 6.0% heavy
From the south3,135northbound · 1 bikes · 4.2% heavy

Peak hours: 940 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,468 from 4:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2017 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 18, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Jan 21, 2020.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions47#2142 of 5,519
With an injury4
Property damage only37
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured1#622 of 1,505
Fatal1
Involving a pedestrian1#309 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Jan 21, 2020

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Alness St between Martin Ross Ave and Supertest Rd (147 m away) recorded an average of 46 km/h in its 3-day count in January 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 55 km/h. That segment carries about 8,300 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Alness St · Martin Ross Ave – Supertest Rd · 147 mJan 2023 · 3 days8,34346 km/h55 km/h60 km/h
Supertest Rd · Dufferin St – Alness St · 223 mJun 2007 · 3 days5,311———

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 1774, activated 1997 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
107 105 nearest 19 m
Blue Night
329
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Alness St at Supertest Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Supertest Rd455 m · 5 min
Cycling
Sharrows on Supertest Rd installed 2011
Bike Share
G Ross Lord Park 556 m · 7 min · 19 docks · 2 stations, 38 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
25 mapped lots within 500 m, 152 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: Anush Market is 260 m away. Four specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Easy Sweets Baked Goods at 257 m. There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 21 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Dolsoe Korean Restaurant, 277 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Dolsoe Korean Restaurant · 877 Alness St Unit-1277 m · 3 min
  • 4 Ever Green Always Clean · 855-877 Alness St 22277 m · 3 min
  • Khinkali House · 855-877 Alness St 877- 3277 m · 3 min
  • Bagel World · 620 Supertest Rd, Unit-18294 m · 4 min
  • Old Avenue Restaurant · 913 Alness St 5394 m · 5 min
4 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Grocery
Anush Market 260 m · 3 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Easy Sweets Baked Goods 257 m · 3 min · 4 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Child care
  • Sunburst Children's Centre · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day889 m · 11 min
1 licensed centre · 41 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks
  • G. Ross Lord Park1.3 km · 16 min
Schools
  • Bright Start Academy SchoolPrivate · 941 m · 11 min
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a pharmacy, a community centre, a library or a public washroom.

43of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food23/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 4 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit8/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.9 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 0.9 a year before that. 55% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1150street/outdoor (6), commercial premises (5)
Bicycle theft000—

Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Alness & Supertest a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#622 of 1,505), out of 47 reported collisions of any severity. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Alness & Supertest?

An intersection of typical volume at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Dec 15, 2021, about today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Alness & Supertest a walkable intersection?

Alness & Supertest scores 43 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 4 places to eat within 300 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.9 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Alness & Supertest?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Alness St between Martin Ross Ave and Supertest Rd (January 2023), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Alness & Supertest?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 152 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 52,240 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Alness & Supertest by transit?

Bus routes 107, 105 within 1 km (nearest stop: Alness St at Supertest Rd, 19 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Supertest Rd.

What restaurants are near Alness & Supertest?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Dolsoe Korean Restaurant (277 m), 4 Ever Green Always Clean (277 m), Khinkali House (277 m), Bagel World (294 m) and Old Avenue Restaurant (394 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Alness & Supertest?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 41 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Sunburst Children's Centre (889 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Alness & Supertest?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Alness & Supertest in?

Alness & Supertest is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined